CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2482

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-08-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-08-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The StateToOptions function in msfweb in Metasploit Framework 2.4 and earlier, when running with the -D option (defanged mode), allows attackers to modify temporary environment variables before the "_Defanged" environment option is checked when processing the Exploit command.

Affected configurations

• metasploit metasploit framework 2.0 • metasploit metasploit framework 2.1 • metasploit metasploit framework 2.2 • metasploit metasploit framework 2.3 • metasploit metasploit framework 2.4

References